Sit Tight Sunday #7: Pure Heroine by Lorde

Sit Tight Sunday is a weekly feature on my blog for me to showcase upcoming music. The original post can be found here.

Genres: Indie-Pop, Pop, Music
Released: 27 September 2013
℗ 2013 Universal Music NZ Ltd.

New Zealand represent. Okay, I'm not from New Zealand but I'm Australian so I'd say that's close enough. I'm really glad that Lorde is getting more international recognition at such a young age. I'm super excited for her new album coming out on the 27th of September. I'm sure that I will love each and every track include. Royals is one of my favourite songs right now and I swear I could just listen to it on repeat. You can check out my mini review here.

Pure Heroine Tracklist:
1. Tennis Court
2. 400 Lux
3. Royals
4. Ribs
5. Buzzcut Season
6. Team
7. Glory And Gore
8. Still Sane
9. White Teeth Teens
10. A World Alone
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Feature and Follow Friday #7: Fave Literary Quote

Feature and Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.
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Activity: Favourite Literary Quote

I don't think the question could've gotten any harder. How am I meant to answer this? This isn't my absolute favourite but it's one of my favourites. I looked through all the books I've read recently and chose one that I think would have lots of nice quotes. I was actually surprised by how many quotes I take note of in each book. After all, quotes are my thing.

Vain byFisher Amelie: [Dingane] "Fear, sadness. They're not weaknesses. They are overpowering, defining emotions. They make you human, Sophie."

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Music Plus Books Review-A-Thon!

 If you've seen my last post, Blogging Things I Suck At  (a tag you must do), you know that one of my favourite things to do is slack on reviews. What I'm planning to do is a Review-A-Thon. I'm going to do a week of a review each day. It might be a music review, it might be a book review. You just have to wait and see. If you've been slacking on reviews too, feel free to join in. I'm excited and I hope you are too. For once, I'm actually hyped up about writing some reviews and getting them over and done with. If you have anything particular you'd like me to review, feel free to ask me. Seven reviews may not seem like a lot to others but it's quite a lot for me so I'm open for suggestions. Wish me luck guys. Let's get this Review-A-Thon started! Are you ready for 7 back-to-back reviews?
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Thursday 20th June 2013 - Wednesday 26th June 2013

Bout of Books 7.0: Wrap Up

In the end...
I reached my goal!
Well technically I didn't have a goal, you can see my post here, but I did want to read 4 books to be proud of myself. I set out 4 books, which I didn't read in the order I planned to read them in, but I'm still super excited that I completed them. In total I read 1339 pages this week, which for me is absolutely amazing. I also wanted to do a few challenges and I did the Create A Cover challenge, which I'm pretty happy with as well. I've had a really good time doing this read-a-thon and I'll definitely make sure I do the next one.

Check out my previous posts on the Bout of Books read-a-thon:
Sign Up
Goals
Progress
Challenge
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Bout of Books 7.0: Progress

I'm writing this on a Tuesday but this post will be for the rest of the week as well. If you haven't seen my previous posts, I'm doing the Bout of Books read-a-thon and so each day I will update you on my progress. By the end of this week, this post will have my progress for Monday to Sunday.

Monday
Books completed so far: 0
Pages read so far: 193
Pages read today: 193
Percentage of current book: Kafira - 64%
Tuesday
Books completed so far: 1
Pages read so far: 387
Pages read today: 194 Percentage of current book: Beautiful Disaster - 1% 
Wednesday
Books completed so far: 1
Pages read so far: 567
Pages read today: 180
Percentage of current book: Beautiful Disaster - 41%
Thursday
Books completed so far: 1

Pages read so far: 670
Pages read today: 93
Percentage of current book: Beautiful Disaster - 62%
                                                 Nothing More, Nothing Less - 7% 
Friday
Books completed so far: 2
Pages read so far: 838
Pages read today: 168
Percentage of current book: Nothing More, Nothing Less - 8%
Saturday
Books completed so far: 3
Pages read so far: 1049
Pages read today: 211
Percentage of current book: Legend - 5%
Sunday 
Books completed so far: 4
Pages read so far: 1339
Pages read today: 290
Percentage of current book: Vain - 1%

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Bout of Books 7.0: Challenge

Yesterday, I really wanted to do a challenge but there wasn't a challenge that appealed to me. Today though, there is a challenge called Create A Cover (hosted by I Talk Books) and as you guessed, I have to remake a cover. I chose the book I'm currently reading which is called Beautiful Disaster. I'm sure you've already heard of it. I wish I was creative enough to draw my own cover but instead I just took a photo. It's obviously a lot worse than the real cover but I tried to manipulate the concept it already had. Mine is on the left. Hope you like it!

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Bout of Books 7.0: Goals

It's Monday! Alright so if you read my previous post, you would've seen that I'm not reading a lot but I'm still reading a lot more than I usually do. I will be trying to read before I sleep and throughout the day whenever I can find the time. I don't want to make a set goal but this is how I will feel:
1 Book - Disappointed
2 Books - Fairly Disappointed (but not too surprised)
3 Books - Pretty Happy
4 Books - Extremely Excited
More Than 4 Books - I'll Probably Just Cry
I also hope to do a few challanges as well.

The books I plan to read in order are:
Kafira
byJohn G O'Neill 
(^ Currently On Page 152)
Beautiful Disaster
byJamie McGuire  
Legend
byMarie Lu
Nothing More Nothing Less
byAshley Dukart
If I some how miraculously finish all these books, I plan to read some short and sweet novellas.

Tomorrow I will posting my progress for today, on Wednesday for Tuesday and so on. I'll be telling you what I've finished and what percentage of the book I'm at for what I'm currently reading. Because I don't want to spam my blog with posts, all my updates will go on one post. You'll have to check back everyday to see how I'm going. Next Monday, I'll have a final wrap-up. Don't forget to add me on Goodreads for more updates. Let's get the party started!
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Bout of Books 7.0: Sign Up

 The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 7.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog.
 - From the Bout of Books team

Hi everyone, I probably should've signed up earlier and probably am the last person to join this read-a-thon but I finally decided to give in and just do it. Unfortunately this week I have like a billion exams to do but I'm going to push through it and try to read more than I usually do anyway. My goal for this week will most likely be a lot less than everyone else but normally, I barely even read more than two books in a week. Be expecting a lot of book posts this week as I will be trying to update every single day. I'll throw in a music post somewhere in there but for the most post, this week will be book post after book post. Wish me luck!
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